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bleeding.
c. Administer cycloplegic eye drops as
prescribed to relax the eye muscles and
place the eye at rest.
d. Instruct the client in the use of eye
shields or eye patches as prescribed.
e. Instruct the client to restrict reading and
limit watching television.
K. Contusions
1. Description
a. Bleeding into the soft tissue as a result
of an injury.
b. A contusion causes a black eye; the
discoloration disappears in about 10
days.
c. Pain, photophobia, edema, and diplopia
may occur.

2. Interventions

a. Place ice on the eye

immediately.
b. Instruct the client to receive a thorough
eye examination.
L. Foreign bodies
1. Description: An object such as dust or dirt that enters
the eye and causes irritation
2. Interventions
a. Have the client look upward, expose
the lower lid, wet a cotton-tipped
applicator with sterile normal saline,
gently twist the swab over the particle,
and remove it.
b. If the particle cannot be seen, have the
client look downward, place a cotton
applicator horizontally on the outer
surface of the upper eye lid, grasp the
lashes, and pull the upper lid outward
and over the cotton applicator; if the
particle is seen, gently twist a swab
over it to remove.
M. Penetrating objects
1. Description: An eye injury in which an object
penetrates the eye

2. Interventions

a. Never remove the object, because it

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